Improvement in ribbon-retainers for umbrella-handles



J. WRIGHT. Ribbon-Retainer for Umbrella-Handles.

No. 213,022 Patented Mar. 4,1879

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

JOSEPH WRIGHT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PA., ASSIGNOB TO HIMSELF, EDMUND WRIGHT,OF SAME PLACE, AND J AOOB H. FILSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN RIBBON-RETAINERS FOR UMBRELLA-HANDLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 213,022, dated March 4,187 9 application filed January 9, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH WRIGHT, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Ribbon-Retainers forParasol-Handles, &c., of which the following is a specification:

The object of my invention is to retain a bow of ribbon on the handle ofa parasol or umbrella; and this object I obtain by thedevice which Iwill now proceed to describe, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawin gs, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of partof the stickof a parasol or umbrella with the bow-retainer; Fig. 2, anenlargedperspective view of the retaining device detached from thestick, and Figs. 3 and A views of modifications of the invention.

The retainer consists of two rings or ferrules, a a, (preferably ofmetal,) connected together and maintained at the desired distance apartby the wire I), the latter being bent at'the ends where it is united tothe rings, so that there may be a space between the wire and stick foradmitting the ribbon of which the bow B is composed.

One or both of the rings may be connected to the stick by a small pin orscrew, (1.

The ribbon, before it is converted into a bow, may be passed between thewires and the stick, wrapped round the latter, and finally knotted at f,after which the ribbon may be converted into a bow by tying the endstogether, as

shown in Fig. 1.

The bow will always be retained in its proper position on the stick bythe ferrules, and the loosening of the knot will be prevented by thewire b, which, with the ferrules, will form, when polished or plated, aneat finish.

Two wires, 11 b, may be used instead of a single wire, as shown in Fig.3, and the rings a a may be formed by bending a narrow strip of sheetmetal into the proper shape and securing together the overlapping ends,as also showri in said figure.

When the stick is tapered the rings a a may also be tapered foradaptation thereto, as shown 'in Fig. 4.

I claim as my invention- The within-described retaining device,consisting of the two rings a a, adapted to the stick of an umbrella orparasol, and a wire or wires, 1), by which the rings are connectedtogether, all as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH WRIGHT.

Witnesses WILLLAM JOHN OOoPER, HARRY SMITH.

